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Party as linkage
Author(s) -
Katz Richard S.,
MÜLLER WOLFGANG C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1997.tb00772.x
Subject(s) - complementarity (molecular biology) , politics , linkage (software) , state (computer science) , political science , survey data collection , political economy , sociology , law , biochemistry , chemistry , genetics , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , biology , computer science , gene
Until recent years, two major trends in European politics‐the growth of State services and increased political participation‐have complemented the central role of parties. This paper argues that this complementarity may have started to come unstuck, and questions the future viability of the mass party as a result of a shift in the balance of perceived advantages of the mass party by both leaders and members. The paper discusses several potential costs and benefits of party membership for leaders and members. Using membership statistics and survey data the reasonableness of these arguments is explored.